A farmer works in acres not hours.
Fed with Miracle Grow and chelated iron. MG was 1T/gallon and poured about 2 T iron in the 2-gallon watering can. Climbing roses at the gate – 2 gallons to each side Julia Child roses and Grandiflora in bay tree bed Pink rose at bird feeder bay leaf tree Sunset Magic crepes white roses outside […]
Continue Reading8/22/2019 – Changed out the 30W and filter I installed some years ago for a new filter and the recommended 10W-30 JD oil.
Continue ReadingRegular thunderstorms have dumped water on us to a total of 6.3″ in the first 20 days of August 2019.
Continue Reading8/20/2019 – Sidedressed the okra and adjacent bell, banana, and Hungarian Hot Wax peppers with 34-0-0.
Continue Reading8/19/2019 – Mary planted a 6-place tray of each seed in Miracle Grow Seed Starting mix that had a little MG potting soil in it.
Continue Reading8/18/2019 – By 8 AM, while the east side was still in the shade, Mary and I had pulled up individual hills in the first two wide rows. The number of seeds and depth were per the plans here. The vegetables planted and spacing are as follows.
Continue Reading8/17/2019 Mary’s Garden – 87-89 Big Garden north half – 100 shallow and 93-95 4″ down.
Continue Reading8/15/2019 – The area with the tomatoes, peas, and sunflowers had not been limed and fertilized last week. Those areas are now clear except for the sunflowers. Spread by hand on those areas about 20 lbs of lime mixed with about 5 lbs of 15-0-15.
Continue Reading8/17/2019 – The dirt has dried out enough from the total of 4+ inches of rain the past week. Plowed it with the two 35 lb. weights on the weight rack ahead of the radiator, the new rear tire and both tires filled with water. With the ground having been tilled for the spring garden […]
Continue Reading8/17/2019 – Threw about 2 gallons of 15-0-15 plus two double handfuls of lime evenly over the garden. Tilled it and the manure into the top 4″. Then raked it level.
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